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Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is a measure of how willing a nation's
multinational corporations A multinational company (MNC), also referred to as a multinational enterprise (MNE), a transnational enterprise (TNE), a transnational corporation (TNC), an international corporation or a stateless corporation with subtle but contrasting senses, i ...
appear to engage in corrupt business practices. The first BPI was published by Transparency International on October 26, 1999 and the last one in 2011.


The BPI 2011


Methodology

The BPI 2011 ranked 28 of the leading exporting countries on the likelihood their multinational businesses will use
bribe Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty. With regard to governmental operations, essentially, bribery is "Corru ...
s when operating abroad. The ranking is calculated from responses by businesses to two questions on the
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’s Executive Opinion Survey. The first question asks for the country of origin of foreign-owned companies doing the most business in their country. The second question is: "In your experience, to what extent do firms from the countries you have selected make undocumented extra payments or bribes?" Answers are to be given on a scale of 1 (bribes are common or even mandatory) to 10 (bribes are unknown). The BPI ranking is the averaged score, with higher scores suggesting a lower likelihood of using bribery. These countries were selected as the leading international or regional exporting countries. Their combined global exports represented 75 percent of the world total in 2006.Source: International Monetary Fund, international finance statistics, 2005 figures. Available at: http://tistats.transparency.org/index.php/content/download/39275/622457 Countries that had paid the less bribes have a higher BPI.


BPI 2011 rankings


See also

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Corruption Perceptions Index The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index which ranks countries "by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entru ...
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (, ''et seq.'') is a United States federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and entities from bribing foreign government officials to benefit their business interests. The FCPA is applicable world ...
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Global Corruption Barometer The Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International is the largest survey in the world tracking public opinion on corruption. It surveys 114,000 people in 107 countries on their view of corruption. Have you paid a bribe in 2013? ...
* OECD Anti-Bribery Convention * Transparency International * United Nations Convention against Corruption


Footnotes


Sources


Bribe Payers Index (BPI) 2006 Analysis Report
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